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-old  grandmom shouted  at  alisha for  heaven"s  sake  she must  fear  wasting  all that  water , she  was  watering  the  plants  with  a garden  hose, with her  finger  pressing  it  , alisha  also  quipped   it  was  untilised  not  wasted , the poor  plants  were  mute  and  could  not   say  they  wanted  water , that  they  needed  a  spray  to  freshen them up, that  they  needed  a  cleaning, that  they  were  thirstying  in heat
-the  grandmother flared  up, how  dare  she  speak  to  her  like  that , if  this  is  how  she  would  speak  in her  in laws  place  she  will be  thrown out  of  the  house